Esa-Pekka Salonen Quotes

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

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• Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

  

  Esa-Pekka Salonen
  • Way
  • Harmony
  • Stravinsky